Sport Methodology I - Sport Training - Athetics

Code:

223

Acronym:

223

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	19	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	2	-	10	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. Acquire new theoretical knowledge in the training in Athletics.

2. Develop theoretical knowledge covered in other courses directing them to the various specialties of Athletics.

3. Identify some problems inherent in the prescription of the training exercise.

4. Set the assumptions in building the training unit.

5. Analyze the assumptions that affect the construction of the various training cycles - micro, meso and macro-cycle.

6. Compare methodological proposals of other sports.

7. The framework and development of the various specialties of Athletics under the motor and coordinative skills.

8. Control analysis of the training from an interdisciplinary perspective

Learning outcomes and competences

Develop and apply the concepts of the various sport science in the training Athletics, prescribing and controlling the training from planning to the structuration of the macro, meso and micro cycles.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Strength Training in Athletics

             . Speed and Hurdles (S and H)

             . Middle- and Long-distance running (M- and LD)

             . Jumps (J)

             . Throwing (T)

1. Speed training in Athletics (S and H; M- and LD; J; T)

2. Resistance training in Athletics (S and H; M- and LD; J; T)

3. Flexibility training in Athletics (S and H; M- and LD; J; T)

4. The coordinative training in Athletics (S and H; M- and LD; J; T)

5. Looking for the harmonious combination of load's volume and intensity

6. The training control in Athletics

             . Physiological control

             . Biochemical control

             . Hematological and immunological control

             . Psychological control

7. Structuring the training unit

8. Structure the training cycles

9. Analysis of the periodization in the various specialties of Athletics.

Mandatory literature

Albuquerque JD, Rodrigues dos Santos JA, Conceição F, Colaço P ; Associação entre níveis de velocidade e indicadores de potência muscular em corredores de velocidade, Revista Portuguesa de Ciências do Desporto, 2011 (11(1):420-426)
Issurin V; Entrenamiento Deportivo. Periodizacion en Bloques, Editorial Paidotriba, 2011
Rodrigues dos Santos JA ; Alterações agudas induzidas por uma corrida de 50 km em alguns parâmetros hematológicos, bioquímicos e urinários em sujeitos com diferente nível de treino, Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto da Universidade do Porto, 2002 (pp 161-178)
Rodrigues dos Santos JA ; Alimentação e Nutrição do Desportista: Hidratação, sobrecarga glicogénica e suplementação ergogénica, Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto da Universidade do Porto, 2010 (pp. 427-440)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository and dialogued theoretical classes and the corresponding practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Grade given in the final exam with the rating of zero to twenty values

Recommend this page Top

Copyright 1996-2025 © Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto I Terms and Conditions I Acessibility I Index A-Z
Page created on: 2025-11-28 at 23:58:29 | Privacy Policy | Personal Data Protection Policy | Whistleblowing | Electronic Yellow Book